Aliza Magen
Israeli intelligence officer (1937–2025)
Aliza Magen (Hebrew: עליזה מגן; 5 July 1937 – 14 April 2025) was an Israeli intelligence officer. She served in the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, for over 40 years from 1958 to 1999, participating in hundreds of covert operations, including Operation Damocles, Operation Diamond, and Operation Wrath of God.
In 1990, she was named the Mossad's deputy director, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the agency's history. She served in this position under three Mossad directors until her retirement in 1999.
Early life
Magen was born to German immigrants in Mandatory Palestine on 5 July 1937 and grew up in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. She married Avraham Magen, who died in 2011. The couple had no children.
Career
After joining the Mossad in 1958, she became involved in hundreds of covert operations in Israel and abroad. In the 1960s, she participated in Operation Damocles for which she was sent to Salzburg, Austria, in 1962 to recruit a German scientist who was working for Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. She later worked at the Mossad station in Germany.
The public source identifies “Aliza Magen” as israeli intelligence officer (1937–2025). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aliza, Magen and Israeli.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Aliza Magen”, the useful work is to connect “israeli intelligence officer (1937–2025)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16133453. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1937, 2025, 1958 and 1999.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Aliza Magen”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Aliza Magen primary sources, Aliza Magen archive and Aliza research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Aliza Magen”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Aliza Magen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.